Posted by: Atul on: April 17, 2012
It is often said that Hindi movie stories have little resemblence with real life, because real life stories always differ from the reel life depicted in movies. Still there are occasions when some occurences in one’s real life may remind you of some movie.
Posted by: Atul on: March 6, 2012
“Majhli Didi” (1967) is a movie which was based on a novel by Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay. The movie was produced by K G Pictures. Kochi Sarkaar and Gopal Mukherji were the producers and the movie was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. Nabebdu Ghosh wrote the screenplay.
Posted by: Atul on: March 5, 2012
“Ye Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke” (1963) was based on a real life story, but the Indian censors, movie makers as well as the Indian audience were not matured enough to deal with the subjet. As a result, the topic got diluted, trivialised and sensdanalised to such an extent that the end product was no longer [...]
Posted by: Atul on: January 30, 2012
“Ganga Ki Saugandh” (1978) is a Sultan Productions movie. It was produced and directed by Sultan Ahmad. Starcast of the movie included names like Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Amjad Khan, Farida Jalal,Bindu, I.S.Johar, Anwar Hussain, Ifthekar, Jagdeep, Anju Mahendru, Master Shetty, Tabrez, Shetty, Mukhri, Pran,Jeevan, Nana Palshikar, Achala Sachdev, Sulochana Latkar, Satyen Kappu, ParoDevi, Reddy, Fazloo,Nazir [...]
Posted by: Atul on: January 22, 2012
Most nation building songs in Hindi movies tend to be jingoistic songs. But there are songs which take a long hard hitting looks at the weaknesses of the nation.
Posted by: Atul on: November 21, 2011
“Saanjh Aur Sawera” (1964) is a S J Films presentation. It was produced by Sevanti Lal Shah and the movie was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji. The sar cast included Meena Kumari, Gurudutt, Mehmood, Shubha Khote, Manmohan krishna, Ruby Paul (aka Praveen paul), Padmadevi,Preethi Bala(aka Zeb Rehman),Jagdev,Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, Kanu Roy, Rashid Khan etc.
Posted by: Atul on: November 7, 2011
This article is written by Sudhir, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a regular contributor to this blog. Bhupen Hazaarika, the sound and the soul of culture of the east, is now silent, forever. A stalwart of many talents who would be honored by audiences and critics in many countries, a multi faceted [...]
Posted by: Atul on: October 25, 2011
“Ummeed” (1962) is an obscure movie, despite this movie being of relatively recent vintage by the standards of this blog. This movie was a Rajan Films production and it was directed by Nitin Bose. The cast of this movie included names like Ashok Kumar, Nanda,Leela Naidu, Joy Mukherjee, Tuntun, Agha, Leela Misra etc. This movie [...]
Posted by: Atul on: October 11, 2011
I am not much aware about the movies and songs of 1990s and later. So when it comes to discussing the movies and songs from these movies, I am in unfamiliar territory. When I needs to discuss songs sung by Jagjit Singh (8 feb 1941-10 oct 2011), I need the help of those regulars who [...]
Posted by: Atul on: August 21, 2011
“Ek Saal” (1957) is a movie starring Ashok Kumar and Madhubala. This song has some nice songs in it as was usually the case with most movies, and more so with movies that had music composed by Ravi. I have already discussed four great songs fro this movie including the all time classic Sab kuchh [...]
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